2021 FIM Motocross World Championship

The 2021 FIM Motocross World Championship is the 65th FIM Motocross World Championship season. It includes 20 events, starting at Muscat, Oman on 3 April and ending at Neuquén, Argentina on 14 November.[1] In the MXGP class, Tim Gajser will start the season as the reigning champion after picking up his fourth world title in 2020. In MX2, Tom Vialle will be the defending champion as he picked up his maiden world title in the previous year. The 2021 season will see the debut of Beta as a manufacturer in the MXGP class.[2]

2021 Motocross World Championship
Previous: 2020 Next: 2022

Race calendar and results

The championship will be contested over twenty rounds in Europe, Asia and South America.[1]

Subsequently, the MXGP of Portugal was moved back one week than in the earlier schedule.[3]

MXGP
Round Date Grand Prix Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Round Winner Report
1 3 April MXGP of Oman Muscat
2 25 April MXGP of Italy TBA
3 16 May MXGP of Portugal Águeda
4 23 May MXGP of Netherlands Oss
5 30 May MXGP of Germany Teutschenthal
6 13 June MXGP of Russia Orlyonok
7 20 June MXGP of Latvia Ķegums
8 4 July MXGP of Jakarta Jakarta
9 11 July MXGP of Indonesia Semarang
10 25 July MXGP of Czech Republic Loket
11 1 August MXGP of Belgium Lommel
12 8 August MXGP of Sweden Uddevalla
13 22 August MXGP of Finland Iitti-Kymi Ring
14 29 August MXGP of Igora Drive Igora Drive
15 12 September MXGP of Turkey Afyonkarahisar
16 19 September MXGP of China TBA
17 10 October MXGP of France Saint-Jean-d'Angély
18 17 October MXGP of Spain intu Xanadú
19 31 October TBA TBA
20 14 November MXGP of Argentina Neuquen

MX2
Round Date Grand Prix Location Race 1 Winner Race 2 Winner Round Winner Report
1 3 April MXGP of Oman Muscat
2 25 April MXGP of Italy TBA
3 16 May MXGP of Portugal Águeda
4 23 May MXGP of Netherlands Oss
5 30 May MXGP of Germany Teutschenthal
6 13 June MXGP of Russia Orlyonok
7 20 June MXGP of Latvia Ķegums
8 4 July MXGP of Jakarta Jakarta
9 11 July MXGP of Indonesia Semarang
10 25 July MXGP of Czech Republic Loket
11 1 August MXGP of Belgium Lommel
12 8 August MXGP of Sweden Uddevalla
13 22 August MXGP of Finland Iitti-Kymi Ring
14 29 August MXGP of Igora Drive Igora Drive
15 12 September MXGP of Turkey Afyonkarahisar
16 19 September MXGP of China TBA
17 10 October MXGP of France Saint-Jean-d'Angély
18 17 October MXGP of Spain intu Xanadú
19 31 October TBA TBA
20 14 November MXGP of Argentina Neuquen

MXGP

Entry list
Officially Approved Teams & Riders[4]
Team Constructor No Rider Rounds
Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 3 Romain Febvre[5]
128 Ivo Monticelli
Hostettler Yamaha Racing[6] Yamaha 4 Arnaud Tonus
92 Valentin Guillod
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing Husqvarna 7 Arminas Jasikonis[7]
19 Thomas Kjær Olsen[7]
Team Gebben Van Venrooy Yamaha Racing Yamaha 10 Calvin Vlaanderen[8]
22 Kevin Strijbos
32 Brent Van Doninck[9]
Honda SR Motoblouz Honda 16 Benoît Paturel[10]
991 Nathan Watson[11]
JWR Honda Racing Honda 18 Vsevolod Brylyakov
147 Miro Sihvonen[12]
SS24 KTM MXGP KTM 24 Shaun Simpson[13]
JM Honda Racing[14] Honda 29 Henry Jacobi
747 Michele Cervellin
KMP Honda Racing Honda 34 Petar Petrov[15]
Standing Construct GasGas Factory Racing Gas Gas 41 Pauls Jonass[16]
189 Brian Bogers[16]
Team HRC Honda 43 Mitchell Evans[17]
243 Tim Gajser[17]
Red Bull KTM De Carli Factory Racing KTM 61 Jorge Prado[18]
222 Tony Cairoli[19]
MRT Racing Team KTM 77 Alessandro Lupino[20]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 84 Jeffrey Herlings[21]
Beta SDM Corse MX Team[22] Beta 89 Jeremy van Horebeek
520 Jimmy Clochet
Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Yamaha 91 Jeremy Seewer[23]
259 Glenn Coldenhoff[24]
919 Ben Watson[23]
JK Racing Yamaha 161 Alvin Östlund[25]
KTM Kosak Team KTM 226 Tom Koch[26]
Motostar.se Husqvarna 297 Anton Gole[27]
Hitachi KTM fuelled by Milwaukee KTM 811 Adam Sterry[28]
JT911 KTM Racing Team KTM 911 Jordi Tixier
JD Gunnex Racing Team KTM
Wild Card Teams & Riders
Team Constructor No Rider Rounds
KTM Sarholz Racing Team KTM 105 Cyril Genot[29]
REVO Seven Kawasaki Kawasaki Dylan Walsh[30]

MX2

Entry list
Officially Approved Teams & Riders[4]
Team Constructor No Rider Rounds
Hitachi KTM fuelled by Milwaukee KTM 2 Conrad Mewse[31]
98 Bas Vaessen[32]
F&H Racing Team[33] Kawasaki 11 Mikkel Haarup
39 Roan Van de Moosdijk
172 Mathys Boisrame
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing Husqvarna 14 Jed Beaton
74 Kay de Wolf[34]
Bike It MTX Kawasaki Kawasaki 20 Wilson Todd
575 Taylor Hammal
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 28 Tom Vialle[35]
711 Rene Hofer[36]
JK Racing Yamaha 45 Gerard Congost
F&H Racing Shop Kawasaki 46 Davy Pootjes
Honda 114 Motorsports[37] Honda 70 Rubén Fernández
912 Joel Rizzi
SM Action Racing Team[38] Gas Gas 80 Andrea Adamo
303 Alberto Forato
NR83 Team KTM 83 Nathan Renkens
iXS MXGP Team Yamaha 87 Kevin Brumann[39]
Jezyk Racing KTM 88 Sergi Notario
Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team Yamaha 93 Jago Geerts[40]
198 Thibault Benistant[41]
959 Maxime Renaux[40]
Team Honda Racing Assomotor[42] Honda 94 Gianluca Facchetti
118 Stephen Rubini
Red Bull KTM De Carli Factory Racing KTM 101 Mattia Guadagnini[43]
Everest Racing KTM 181 Julian Vander Auwera
JD Gunnex Racing Team KTM 224 Jakub Teresak
Raths Motorsports KTM 237 Xylian Ramella[44]
766 Michael Sandner[45]
WZ KTM Racing[46] KTM 239 Lion Florian
403 Bastian Bøgh Damm
KTM Racestore MX2[47] KTM 253 Jan Pancar
Hostettler Yamaha Racing Yamaha 313 Petr Polak[6]
KMP Honda Racing Honda 491 Paul Haberland
DIGA-Procross Gas Gas Factory Racing Gas Gas 516 Simon Längenfelder[48]
517 Isak Gifting[48]
Wild Card Teams & Riders
Team Constructor No Rider Rounds
E2T Racing Team Husqvarna 783 Enzo Toriani

References
  1. "Calendar". Youthstream. mxgp.com. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  2. "Confirmed: Beta in MXGP for 2021". Beta. gatedrop.com. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  3. "Nieuwe datum voor Grand Prix van Portugal!". Steven van Kempen. motocrossmag.be. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  4. "2021 Provisional OAT List!". Youthstream. mxgp.com. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  5. "Romain Febvre signs with Kawasaki for 2020 and beyond". Press Release. tmxnews.co.uk. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  6. "News: Hostettler Yamaha". Lewis Phillips. mxvice.com. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  7. "2021 Rockstar Energy Husqvarna MXGP Roster Announced: Olsen and Jasikonis". Mitch Kendra. racerxonline.com. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  8. "CALVIN VLAANDEREN RE-SIGNS WITH GEBBEN VAN VENROOY RACING". Kellen Brauer. racerxonline.com. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  9. "Confirmed: Brent van Doninck signs with Gebben Van Venrooy Racing". Andy McKinstry. gatedrop.com. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  10. "Confirmed: SR Honda 2021 MXGP rider line up". Andy McKinstry. gatedrop.com. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  11. "NATHAN WATSON BACK IN MXGP IN 2021!". dirthub.co.uk. dirthub.co.uk. 7 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  12. "Confirmed: Miro Sihvonen secures MXGP ride". Andy McKinstry. gatedrop.com. 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  13. "Shaun Simpson plans confirmed for 2021". Adam Wheeler. gatedrop.com. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  14. "Confirmed: JM Honda Racing announce 2021 rider line up". Tom Jacobs. gatedrop.com. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  15. "New Signing: Petar Petrov". Lewis Phillips. mxvice.com. 7 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  16. "Jonass and Bogers sign for Standing Construct Gas Gas in 2021!". Gas Gas. gatedrop.com. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  17. "HRC sign Gajser and Evans for 2021". Andrew Conway. motonews.com. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  18. "Jorge Prado Signs Extension With Red Bull KTM For MXGP Transition". Michael Antonovich. swapmotolive.com. 26 June 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  19. "Cairoli and KTM in 2021". MX Large. mxlarge.com. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  20. "Revealed: Alessandro Lupino signs with Marchetti KTM!". Marchetti KTM. gatedrop.com. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  21. "Jeffrey Herlings signs contract extension with Red Bull KTM". Press Release. dirtbikerider.com. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  22. "News: Beta Joins MXGP". Lewis Phillips. mxvice.com. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  23. "Ben Watson Joins Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP Team for 2021". Press Release. Yamaha Motor Europe. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  24. "Glenn Coldenhoff Signs With Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MXGP for 2021 and 2022". Mitch Kendra. racerxonline.com. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  25. "Confirmed: Alvin Ostlund signs with JK Racing!". Andy McKinstry. gatedrop.com. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  26. "Tom Koch signs with Kosak Racing". Andy McKinstry. gatedrop.com. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  27. "Gole to Motostar Husqvarna Scandanvia". Andy McKinstry. gatedrop.com. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  28. "Confirmed: Adam Sterry stays with Hitachi KTM Fuelled by Milwaukee". Andy McKinstry. gatedrop.com. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  29. "Confirmed: Cyril Genot signs with Sarholz KTM". Andy McKinstry. gatedrop.com. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  30. "REVO return to the Motocross world in 2021!". Andy McKinstry. gatedrop.com. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  31. "New Signing: Conrad Mewse". Lewis Phillips. mxvice.com. 26 September 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  32. "Bas Vaessen heeft nog een lopend contract". Steven van Kempen. motocrossmag.be. 30 November 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  33. "Geen wijzigingen bij F&H Kawasaki MX2 Racing Team". Steven van Kempen. motocrossmag.be. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  34. "Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing Signs Kay de Wolf and Maxime Grau". Press Release. cyclenews.com. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  35. "RED BULL KTM CONFIRM TOM VIALLE IN MX2 UNTIL 2021". KTM Racing. Youthstream. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  36. "RED BULL KTM SIGNS RENE HOFER TO MX2 THROUGH 2022". Press Release. racerxonline. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  37. "Confirmed: 114 Motorsports Honda reveal 2021 rider line up – Rizzi in MX2". 114 Honda. gatedrop.com. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  38. "New Deal: Alberto Forato". Lewis Phillips. mxvice.com. 20 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  39. "Kevin Brumann makes jump from EMX125 to MX2 in 2021". Andy McKinstry. gatedrop.com. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  40. "Yamaha Motor Europe Confirms Jago Geerts & Maxime Renaux Through 2022". Yamaha Motor Europe. yamaha-racing.com. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  41. "Signing: Thibault Benistant". Lewis Phillips. mxvice.com. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  42. "Confirmed: Team Assomotor Honda reveal 2021 rider line up". Andy McKinstry. gatedrop.com. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  43. "New Deal: Mattia Guadagnini". Lewis Phillips. mxvice.com. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  44. "Raths Motorsport haalt voormalig EMX-kampioen!". Steven van Kempen. motocrossmag.be. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  45. "New team enters MX2 in 2021 – sign up Sandner!". Andy McKinstry. gatedrop.com. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  46. "WZ Racing rider line-up 2021 is set!". Andrea Schon. mxgp.com. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  47. "Racestore to run two teams in 2021". Andy McKinstry. gatedrop.com. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  48. "ISAK GIFTING AND SIMON LAENGENFELDER TO RACE FOR OFFICIAL GASGAS MX2 TEAM IN 2021". Mitch Kendra. racerxonline.com. 27 October 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.